KKXA is an American radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting under program test authority

Program test authority

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 while waiting to be licensed

City of license

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 to serve Snohomish, Washington

Snohomish, Washington

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, USA. The station's broadcast license

Broadcast license

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 is held by CAAM Partnership, LLC. The Skotdal family won a comparative hearing before the Federal Communications Commission against mutually exclusive applicants hoping to place the signal in Hawaii, Whidbey Island, and on the Olympic Peninsula. The KKXA studios are shared with sister station

Sister station

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 KRKO

KRKO

KRKO is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Everett, Washington, USA. The station broadcasts an All Sports format to the Seattle metropolitan area...

 at the Key Tower building in downtown Everett, Washington

Everett, Washington

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.

The station was assigned the call sign

Call sign

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 "KKXA" by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) on March 28, 2011

2011 in radio

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. Known on-air as "KXA" as a tribute to pioneering radio station KXA

KTTH

KTTH is a conservative talk radio station, owned by Bonneville International, broadcasting at 770 kHz in Seattle, Washington.-Programming:...

 (770 AM), the station began airing a loop of test audio in August 2011. KKXA broadcasts to the greater Seattle metropolitan area

Seattle metropolitan area

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. On October 11, 2011, KKXA began regular broadcasting at 4:00 pm with a classic country

Classic country

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 format branded as "Classic Country 1520 KXA". The first song was "Simple Man" by Charlie Daniels.

KKXA broadcasts with 20,000 watt

Watt

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s of power during the day and 50,000 watts during pre-sunset/post-sunrise hours and overnight utilizing a directional antenna

Directional antenna

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. The station has an application on file with the FCC to broadcast full-time at 50,000 watts.